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Selections for Curragh – June 28th 2026
1.10: ALPHA (RYAN MOORE/AIDAN O’BRIEN) 1.40: TOCO MADERA (DANNY TUDHOPE/DAVID O’MEARA) 2.10: SILK BRAID – EW – (COLIN KEANE/GER LYONS) 2.45: ZARATHOS – EW – (DYLAN B. MCMONAGLE/DYLAN CUNHA, IN GB) 3.20: PURVIEW (COLIN KEANE/DERMOT WELD) 3.55: ZODIAC BEAR (BEN COEN/JOHNNY MURTAGH) 4.35: CHRISTMAS DAY – EW – (RONAN WHELAN/AIDAN O’BRIEN) 5.15: BOBBY MCGEE –…
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Hark the shooter who delivers when required
St Peter’s, Dunboyne… 0-11 Donaghmore/Ashbourne… 0-10 John Harkin’s two-point free in the first minute of stoppage time snatched a vital win for the visitors in this feisty local derby at Killegland West on Saturday evening. The sides were level 0-06 apiece at half and, despite losing Liam Byrne and Shane McEntee to black cards at…
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Selections for Curragh – June 27th 2026
1.45: GIANT SEQUIOA (RYAN MOORE/AIDAN O’BRIEN) 2.15: CONFUCIUS (RYAN MOORE/AIDAN O’BRIEN) 2.45: FINGERPAINT – EW – (COLIN KEANE/DERMOT WELD) 3.20: VELOZEE – EW – (BILLY LEE/PADDY TWOMEY) 3.55: THUNDERING ON (DYLAN B. MCMONAGLE/JOSEPH O’BRIEN) 4.30: CLEAR QUARTZ – EW – (NIAMH FAHEY (7)/MARK FAHEY) 5.05: REAL ENCOUNTER – EW – (SHANE FOLEY/JESSIE HARRINGTON) 5.40: SOLANA…
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Bombshell result or tactical downtime?
One of the many great things about leading a life which, to the largest extent, revolves around sport – almost any sport – means you’re never short of something to watch or scribe about. However, gut feeling suggests this corner may not be alone in getting hard to zone in on the ongoing travelling circus…
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Selections for Curragh – June 26th 2026
4.33: TREAN (BILLY LEE/PADDY TWOMEY) 5.05: BANG BANG – EW – (COLIN KEANE/NOEL MEADE) 5.35: TOFINO – EW – (JACK KEARNEY (3)/GAVIN CROMWELL) 6.10: SMOKE THEM OUT – EW – (SADHBH TORMEY (7)/TOM MCCOURT) 6.45: NODOFAPPROVAL – EW – (KEITHEN KENNEDY (5)/JESSIE HARRINGTON) 7.20: TOKYO TOWER – EW – (OISIN MURPHY/JACK FOLEY) 7.55: KILMEADEN –…
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The Late Trevor Dietz
Sincere sympathy to the mother, siblings, partner and all who will mourn the incredible loss of the loss of music industry trend setter Trevor Dietz who passed away recently in Brighton UK. We studied together years ago in BCFE (Ballyfermot) and though initially we would have had little or nothing in common, through his warm,…
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Paul Clancy Galway – RIP
Whoever said you should never meet your heroes can go and do one. When those once admired from afar become friends is one of the most special things which can occur in a life. I’ve been blessed to have had that experience with generations of Meath footballers. Going all the way back to 1939 captain…
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Selections for Naas – June 24th 2026
5.10: MADAM SECRETARY (WAYNE LORDAN/AIDAN O’BRIEN) 5.40: HOOVES YOUR DADDY – EW – (RONAN WHELAN/JARLATH FAHEY) 6.10: GO JUST DO IT (DYLAN B. MCMONAGLE/JOSEPH O’BRIEN) 6.40: CAMEO (WAYNE LORDAN/AIDAN O’BRIEN) 7.10: PRIORSTOWN – EW – (RORY MULLIGAN (2*) /JOHNNY MURTAGH) 7.40: SALIBA (SHANE FOLEY/JESSIE HARRINGTON) 8.10: MOONLIT SUN (SHANE FOLEY/JESSIE HARRINGTON)
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An ongoing journey of development… To be continued
It’s very easy to arrive at conclusions that seem obvious. It doesn’t always work out as such though. So it was in MacHale Park Castlebar on Saturday evening last. The dismissal of Ronan Jones was hoisted as Exhibit A in the dissection of where matters went wrong for Meath in the west. Yes, it was…
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Gilesy might have hogged the duvet but Joanne would send you to sleep
I’m not sure if Apres Match is even still a thing anymore, but, when they were in their pomp, the triumvirate of Risteard Cooper, Gary Cooke and Barry Murphy were part of the staple diet of RTE’s coverage of any major soccer tournament. Indeed, if the old remember box is working, they even strayed into…
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